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• The theme reflects timeless values, such as courage and honor, and
encompasses universal ideas, such as good and evil or life and death.
Epic conventions
• The setting is vast in scope, often involving more than one nation.
• The theme reflects timeless values, such as courage and honor, and
encompasses universal ideas, such as good and evil or life and death.
caesura, or a pause dividing each line, with each part having two accented
syllables to help maintain the rhythm of the lines
Techniques in Old English Poetry
caesura, or a pause dividing each line, with each part having two accented
syllables to help maintain the rhythm of the lines
Techniques in Old English Poetry